Thank you. That concludes general questions. Before we move to First Minister's questions,

I call the First Minister to make a short statement about tomorrow's weather warning.

I am very grateful to you for the opportunity to make these remarks to Parliament before

First Minister's questions. The Met Office has this morning issued a very rare red weather

warning for storm, ail oil wind tomorrow. The warning

covers parts of the Frieson Galloway and off the Scottish borders, all of Strathclyde

and Lothianon borders, the fourth valley and southern parts of Fife. The red weather

warning is expected to begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning and last until 5 p.m.

tomorrow evening.

A wider amber warning for high winds across the whole country and a yellow warning for snow

in some parts also still remain in place.

The storm could bring winds of up to 100 miles per hour.

The Met Office advice is clear.

The potential impacts include danger to life, structural damage to property and transport

and power disruptions. So we have to be clear, people should not travel and Police

Scotland will issue a formal do-not-travel advisory notice shortly. Councils will make decisions

today on school closures. The Government is ready to respond.

SCORE, our resilience and emergency system was activated this morning to coordinate help and

to support Scotland's frontline responders, including police, fire services and the ambulance

service.

I will chair a meeting of the resilience Room shortly after First Minister's questions today,

and further advice will be issued to the public.

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